Sexistential is the upcoming ninth studio album by the Swedish artist Robyn, to be released on 27 March 2026 through Konichiwa Records and Young. The album was supported by the lead single "Dopamine" as well as double A-side single "Sexistential" and "Talk to Me". She began to work with Swedish producer Klas Åhlund to provide a sound that would be reminiscent of her previous project, Body Talk (2010) trilogy. Robyn described Sexistential like a spacecraft crash-landing through the atmosphere at a really high speed, saying she felt like she had experienced exploring space too far, and now she was colliding with herself again.
Background and development
Robyn returned to working with Swedish producer Klas Åhlund for the album, choosing the sound to be reminiscent of her 2010's
Body Talk trilogy.
Talking about the album, she stated that
Sexistential feels "like a spaceship coming through the atmosphere at a really high speed and crash landing. That's how I felt, like I'd had all these experiences searching too far out into space, and now I'm crashing back into myself".
The topics so far known to be approached in the music let the listener in more personal parts of Robyn's life as a new single mother, while keeping to gravitate around the concepts of physicality, desire and dance.
Release and promotion
Title
Sexistential takes its title as a combination of the words "
sex" and "
existential", with
PinkNews referring to the title as an "idea of one's existence being tied to sensuality".
Originally an
in-joke,
Robyn soon found the title described the album and its direction, stating that it "doesn't even have to be about sex, but it's feeling sensual and attracted to things that I enjoy, and not letting anything take over that".
Live performances
Robyn performed "Dopamine" for the first time on 19 November 2025 at a surprise show in
Los Angeles at the
Fonda Theatre.
The show was her first concert since 2019 and was hosted by
Spotify and
Acne Studios.
On 31 December, she performed in
Times Square, New York City, for
CNN's
New Year's Eve Live with
Anderson Cooper and
Andy Cohen.
On 1 and 2 January 2026, Robyn performed at the Brooklyn Paramount. The event, titled Robyn and Friends,
Singles
Sexistential lead single "Dopamine" was released on 12 November 2025.
"Sexistential" and "Talk to Me" served as the album's second single as a
double A-side release on 7 January 2026.
Track listing
Release history
